INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
When startup founders fret for weeks on end as the long-awaited Demo Day approaches
Investors pore through lists of startups participating in various accelerator programs and have their associates ping dozens of founders for
coffee meetings.Demo Day season is upon us
As a reminder, through its four-month seed program, the 500 Startups seed fund invests $150,000 in participating companies in exchange for
The companies below include a mix of fintech, digital health, edtech and e-commerce businesses, 33% of which 500 Startups says are women-led
and 40% have Black or Latinx founders.Alluva: Rewards individual users for their blockchain and crypto price predictions.AMPAworks:An
inventory management tool focused on hospitals
The startup uses computer vision AI to track and manage inventory in real time.BeatDapp: Helps music labels and artists track their songs to
collect royalties by providing real-time audit reports of streaming-play counts.BlackCart: A try-before-you-buy app for fashion e-commerce
stores.Blue Studios: The Peloton of STEM education focused on teaching 1 billion kids STEM skills.Blue Wire: A sports podcasting
network.Bytez: Helps developers and data scientists work faster.Chemtech: An AI-product for manufacturing plant automatization.Crash: A tool
to help people launch their career.Curie: A camera-based AI shopping assistant.Dispatchr: Helps electric utilities prevent wildfires,
catastrophes and crippling outages.Docket: A system of record and workflow management SaaS for legal teams.EINO: An AI platform that
produces predictive and historical insights on localized population movement and their intention in urban areas for enterprise business
users.EZFarming: A marketplace that helps farmers finance their business and sell their produce.FitzyTV: An internet TV platform designed to
help consumers watch and record all their streaming TV channels across multiple services.Gentem: A tool that provides instant claims
reimbursements for physicians.Glyph: A digitally knit shoe company.Hearo Live: Turns passive media into a powerful, live social experience
for games, sports, streaming and more.Heartex: Helps companies quickly build AI products and features.HYVE: Helps users navigate their
social media universe by allowing them to follow more people.InnerTrends: A data science service for SaaS that uncovers insights in customer
onboarding, retention and engagement without the need for data scientists.KIKI: The first app that pays you for having fun
A social marketplace where you can meet people, and buy and share experiences with them.Lucidact Health: An AI assistant for nurses and case
managers to help them know what to do faster and eliminate errors.Nanno: The first on-demand childcare app that lets parents book vetted
sitters nationwide.Nanogrid: Building advanced cost calculation technology that enables home energy companies to ensure their customers get
tool.Renaissance: Allows users to earn loyalty points by listening to music.Resonado: Reimagining audio systems for businesses with patented
Flat Core Speaker technology.RestAR: 3D capturing and product visualization for e-commerce using AI with any mobile device.Rovilus:
Developing safe and reliable battery packs for industrial vehicles and light electric aircraft.Send4: Enables retailers to offer a seamless
post-purchase experience to their customers.Sharebee: A vertically integrated marketplace where anyone can book moving and storage in a
couple of minutes for half of the traditional price.Tradespace: A global IP marketplace for companies to buy, sell, license and invest in
technology.Visionful: Connects smart cities and autonomous vehicles leveraging AI and computer vision to provide full automation for parking
and traffic monitoring.Voogy: An IP to domain name database that allows companies to track and discover the anonymous web visitors that do
not convert into their sales funnel.
